Improvement in call-bells



Mae/aa AEZRA G. OONE, OF 'EAST HAMPTON, CONNECTICUT Leners Patente/'0. 83,468, zaad octobw27,1scs.

IMpRovEMnNT 1N CALL-BELLS.-

TheISchdule referred to in these Letters Patent Vand. making part of the same.

To all whom 'it may concern My invention consists in the combination, with a' suitable handle, of two gong-shaped or open-mouthed bells, provided with a suitable clapper or clappers, whereby lam enabled to produce a bell, for calling persons to their meals','having a more melodious sound than bells for the same purpose heretofore constructed.

A A designate two gongshaped bells, which, in the present instance, are secured by screws s s to respect- I`ive arms, a, a', of a bifurcated shank, b, which shank passes through a handle, B, to which latterl it is secured by a nut, c, screwing on its end, in a manner `commonly practised in securing Shanks of tools in` their handlcs and for convenience in ha'n inv' u the bell, I have shown a ring, (l, Vpassing through anv eye in the nut e.

I- will here remark that any suitable style or kind of handle may be employed; indeed, tlte'shank itself may be of a size lto constitute a handle, `within themean ing of my invention.

C designates the clapper or hammer, which is shown as having two heads, and a neck betweeny them,l of smaller diameter than theheads.v

l To the said hammer, one e ndV of a rod or wire, e, 1s secured, the other end having one lor more turns, or

,an eye made in it, through which, vas well as through the arms a a', a pin, f, is passed and secured. The -rod or wire is, of course, of such length as to bring the hammer in a -position to act effectively upon the gongs A A'.v

In Order to prevent the hammer O resting on the gongs after having struck, I have shown aloop, g,

.made in the wire orrod e, extending out on each side,

sothlat it will strike against the shank b on respective sides, and hold the hammer away om the gongs, the wire or rod e, of course, possessing suiiicient fiexibility to allow the hammer to strike the bells.

Opposite ends ofthe hammer strike respective gongs,

and the same motion required for ringing an ordinary dinner-bell will operate my improved bell.

I do not limit my invention to the particularv shap of bells A A herein shown, nor to' the employment o1 only one clapper or hamme'r, two or more may be employed, if desired, though Iconsider one sufficient. Itis 'obvious thatthe bells A A may be made with `different tones, and vthus a'chime-bell be producedone more harmonious to the ear, uniquein appear:

Y ance, and in all respects, I think, more desirable than dinner-bells of y the ordinary construction. What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with-a suitable handle, if two 'gong-shaped or open-mouthed bells,'-provided with a suitable'cla1')per or clappers, substantially as' arranged,

and as herein specified. v

EZRA Gr. GONE. Witnesses:-

JAMES E. AOKLEY, NATHNL. (i.4 SMITH. 

